Pattern for monograms



Sept. 21 1926. 1,600,229

- w. A. HElDMAN PATTERN FOR MONOGRAMS st 11, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Augu 11102 for Sept. 21 1926. 1,600,229

w. A. HEIDMAN PATTERN FOR MONOGRAMS Filed August 11, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented p zl 192s. UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE. I

WILLIAI A. nmm, OIGBAND m, MIGHIGM.

PAM 1'03, IONOGBAHS.

, Application fled August 11, 1924. Serial 80.781368.

This invention relates to improvements in patterns for forming or laying out letters or monograms and'lts object 1s to the border. An analagous adaptation of the invention is in the manufacture of pierced letters of imitation ivory or similar materials which are commonly afiixed to to let articles giving the appearance of a raised U, or embossed monoggam upon the article.

The pattern may a be utilized as 'a template for use with en aving machines in which case the lines o the pattern may be traced with the stylus of the machine to ,2 .guide the tool. A broad field is open for the use of the invention 'in the form of a printed, pattern. It -may be stamped or printed upon a variety of articles such as .fabrics to be hand embroidered, .cards to be hand lettered and, in fact, practically any object upon'which letters or monograms are r to be ap lied by hand. As a atternthe marks w ich constitute the desired letters are followed as guides and after completion :5 of the work the unused lines of the pattern are obliterated inan suitable way. The invention is ereinafter-morefully described and particularly pointed out in the claims reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which 2- Fig. 1 shows the embodiment of the invention as an article or manufacture in the form of a pierced plate designed to produce a three letter monogram.

Fig. 2- illustrates thev completed article cut from the pierced plate shown in Fig. 1, showing the letters A E S.

on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fi 4 'is va reduced sized view of the lower portion of the plate illustratin the formation of the letter W froni, the p ate shown in Fig.1 1. 4 v

g. 5 is an articleof different configuration than for the same. purpose.

atly simplify and ex edite the work an maketions 12 .and 13. In the pattern 4t Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the articl f that shown in Fig. 1 but adapted,

Fig. 6 illustrates the completed article formed from the plate shown in Fig. 5 showmi the letters H G N.

ig. 7 illustrates the adaptation vention as a pattern.

Fig. 8 shows the attern worked with the letters A D G an the unused marks of the pattern shown-in dotted lines.

Fig. 9 shows the pattern of Fi 7 worked with the letters S N K with all 0 the superfluous marks removed. 7

Fig. 10 shows the pattern of Fig. 7 worked with the letters T R B with the.\ superfluoiis marks removed.

FigL'Il illustrates a difi'erently designed pattern for a three letter monogram, and

Fig. 12 shows the pattern of Fi 11 worked with the letters Y E H an the su rfluous marks removed.

ike numbers refer to like parts -in all of the figures. As an article of manufacture such as ilof the in- 60 n 'lustrated-in'Fig. 1 a border 1 isprovided which, in this particular desigmresembles the outline of a shield. Within the border" are arranged three patterns 2, 3 and 4 for letters, two at the top of the shield and one large pattern occupying the lower portion thereo The pattern for each letter constitutes a composite design which includes all of the portions re uis1te to form any letter of the alphabet. 3111 of the composite patterns 2, 3 and4 are joined together by small connecting members 5 and are also'joined to the border 1 by similar members 5. For

- improvement in appearance the border 1 is relatively thick while the letter portions are considerably thinner, this feature also being of advantage because the thicker border rovides the requisite strength while the etter portions being thinner are more easily cut.

The elementary lines of each composite pattern include three horizontal portions 6, 7 and 8,;thre'e vertical lines 9, 10 and 11 and two oppositely inclined diagonal poreportions do' not conform precisely with those mentioned as the vertical portions 9 and 11 converge llownwardly and join at their lower ends at 8 which eliminates the lower horizontal portion 8. The portion 8' may be treated in such a way, however,"as to carry out the effect of the horizontal portion 8. In.

forming the D the respective upper and lower right hand corners maybe but dii no i agonally or rounded asshown by dotted portions. The curl of'the Q, may be formed from the lower end of the diagonal 13 as indicated by dotted portions.

The design illustrated in Fi 5 embodies the same principal as that.o Fig. 1. In this design the border 14 is circular with the portions correspondin to the top horizontal portion 6 and the portion 8, which in this attern are the portions 15 and 16, forme integral with the circular border, the division between the border and the portions'15 and 16 being indicated by a stamped or engraved mark 17 In this pattern the necessity for the connecting members 5 is obviated by the portions of the pattern themselves joining with the border.

The blank pattern pierced to form the border and the three composite patterns 'within it may be readily stamped from sheet metal or other material with an ordinary stamping die. They may be made in large quantities very cheaply. The blank pattern may be easily cut by an artistor semiskilled workman to produce a monogram plate of excellent desi All that is necessary is to determine which of the portions of the composite pattern are to remain to form the desired letters of the" monogram and by the. use of'a saw, if'the device is of metal, or by any suitable cutting tool, if the device is of other material, to cut away the portions in the pattern not re uired. printed examples of t e different letters may be supplied to ide the workman so that none of the work will be left to his imagination. In workingthe monogram the unnfecessary connecting members 5 are sawed away,.it bein desirable to leave as few of these as possi le to. join the letters together and to the border. If the device is of metal it may be polished or plated or otherwise finished as desired after the monogram has been formed. An article of this kind is susceptible to a great many treatments for decoration. If the device is to be used to simplate an embossed monogram u on thesurface of an object it is first worke as described and then afiixed to the surface by suitable adhesive. It will be seen that by the use of the three .lettern pattern any of the several thousand combinations of the three letters may be formed. With only the expense of single stamping die, large quantities of patterns may be reduced very cheaply and eachwill be capa le of working into a mono am plate having any comblnation of any three letters. Without the use" of this invention it would be necessary. to provide several thousand dies to .stam the mono am plates, as a se arate die W0 (1 have to e. provided for eac combination of three letters. The

ottom horizontal If necessary,

in consequence the common practice has been to make entirely by hand the entire monogram plate. By the use ofthis invention the production of the plates is greatly sim 'tially no change in principal from its embodiment as an article of manufacture. The

method of using the printed pattern difi'ers slightly in detail from that of using the stamped article. The printed pattern is applied to the article upon which the monogram is to be worked, preferably by stamp- .ing the pattern thereon with easily eradicable marks. The marks form no part of the completed monogram but are used only as guides for the monogram. If the monogram is to be embroidered upon fabric the pattern is stamped thereon and the needle" work is applied to the fabric following the desired marks of thepattern and ignoring the unnecessary ones. After the'monogram is completed the fabric may be washed to remove the pattern marks. If the monogram isto be applied to cards with ink or paint ,vthe pattern is stamped thereon and after the monogram has been worked by following the marks as guides the superfluous marks are erased or otherwise obliterated. v x If the invention is .to be adapted for use as a template for engraving machines or anala-gous devices the lines of the pattern may constitute grooves in a plate which may be followed by the stylus or pointer of the machine or of a panto raph or it is possible to use the plain printe pattern and to guide the said stylus orpointer by following the v marks thereof. a

The design shown in Fig. 7 embodies slight additions to the elementary lines of the composite pattern. eludes the three vertical marks 18, 19 and 20 for each-letter, the substantially horizontal .marks 21, 22 and 23 and the oppositely in-- clined diagonal marks 24 and 25. In addiprovided at the upper and lower right hand corners of each letter. which are used 1n forming the loop. of the D. The middle vertical mark 19 of each letter is divided at 28 near its center to indicate the-enlar (1 end of the center stroke of the letters F and G. A curved mark 29 is located at the lower end of-the center letter to be used in making the loop of the U. A curl 30 is added near the lower right hand corner for use with the Q. These additional lines are not essential but improve the appearance of the letters. The design shown in Fig. 11 differs somewhat in appearance from any'of the others described-but it contains substan-. tially the same lines which form a composite pattern for the purpose, described. An em- This pattern inv tion short diagonal marks 26 and 27 are p bellished design is added to illustrate the decorative possibilities of the invention but is nonessential. In some of the designs the lines described as horizontalor vertical may not be strictly so in reality but their shape and location in the pattern is' such as to produce the effect of such horizontal or vertical lines in forming the letter.

I claim 1. A pattern from which all of the essential members of any letter of the alphabet may be derived by eliminating portions of said members comprising three spaced apart horizontal portions, three spaced apart vertical portions, and two oppositely inclined diagonal portions.

2. A pattern from which all of the essential members of any letter of the alphabet may be derived by eliminating portions of saidmembers comprising an approximate rectangle having two approximatelyv horizontalsides and two approximately vertical sides, a vertical portion between said vertical sides, a horizontal portion between the horizontal sides and two oppositely inclined diagonal portions extending diagonally across the rectangle and crossing each other near the center thereof.

corner of the rectangle.

I portion at each respective upper and lower righthand 4. A pattern comprising an approximate rectangle having two approximately horizontal sides and two ap roximately vertical sides, a vertical portion etween the vertical sides, a horizontal portion between the horizontal sides, two oppositely inclined portions extending diagonally across the rectangle and crossing each other near the center across the rectangle and crossing eac thereof and a loop joining the two res ctive vertical sides .of the rectangle at-t eir lower ends. a

5. A pattern comprising an approximate rectangle having two approximately horizontal sides and two approximately vertical sides, a vertical portion between the vertical sides, a horizontal portion between the horizontal sides, two oppositely inclined diagonal portions "extending di onally fi other near the center thereof, two substantially 7. An article of manufacture comprising a sheet of material pierced to leave portions which constitute a plurality of composite letter designs, and connecting members join: ing together the said letter designs, each letter design comprising members from which all of the lines necessary to form any letter of the alphabet may be derived by removing parts of said members.

8. An article of manufacture comprising a sheet of material pierced to form a design in the shape of a border enclosing a plurality of composite letter designs and connecting members joining together said letter designs and border, each composite letter design comprisin members from which any letter of the a phabet may be derived by removing parts of said members.

9. An article of manufacture comprising a. sheet of, material pierced to form a design having members in the shape of a composite pgttern from which any letter of the alphat may "be derived by cutting away parts of said pattern, said Lpattern having three substantially horizont members, three substantially vertical members and two oppositely inclined diagonal members crossing each other nearthe center of the pattern.

10. An article of manufacture comprising a border of relatively thick material, a design pierced from relatively thin material constitutin a plurality of composite letter desi s an connecting members 'oining said bor er and design portions, eac letter design having portlons representing all of the lines necessary to form any letter of the alphabet.

11. A pattern for monograms comprising a pluralityof composite letter patterns desi ed and arranged with relation to each oti e ar to conform with the general shape of a single design, each letter pattern com risingv portion from which all of the delineations necessary to form any letter of the alphabet may be formed.

. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WILLIAM A. HEIDMAN. 

